March 1, 2013

Obituaries

Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.

Providence Sister Jean Michele Monaghan served in administration at parishes and schools for 31 years

Providence Sister Jean Michele Monaghan died on Feb. 16 at Mother Theodore Hall at St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 93.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Feb. 21 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.

Mary Jean Thompson was born on July 10, 1919, in Indianapolis and grew up at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish.

She entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sept. 12, 1963, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1969.

During 49 years as a Sister of Providence, Sister Jean Michele ministered for 31 years in administrative positions in Catholic parishes and schools in Indiana and California. In the archdiocese, she ministered at the former St. Agnes Academy in Indianapolis from 1968 to 1969.

She returned to the motherhouse in 1999, and contributed to the community life in a variety of ways. Beginning in 2002, she dedicated herself completely to prayer.

Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876. †